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[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjc123:
Just realize that if you pick internal storage, there is no way to copy the music files to the SD card, only to the main storage (Music directory for example), thus eating into your 4.53GB of space. You do not have access to the SD card encrypted ext3 filesystem from your pc. Furthermore the music apps do not have the capability to do this, at least not yet. As portable storage you would have that capability, in fact I just converted internal storage to portable storage for that exact reason. I feel sorry for those that bought 8GB phones thinking that adaptive storage was going to be the cure-all to space issues. I am glad I opted for the 16 GB version.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom_eastcoast:
Just realize that if you pick internal storage, there is no way to copy the music files to the SD card

Update: what I did today was insert the new 32GB SD card into the phone and Formatted it as Internal Storage, then connected the phone to my PC to view phone info and the PC says my Android Marshmallow phone has

5.65GB used of 36.56GB, Android OS 3.47GB , Internal Storage 2.12GB used of 4.53GB, SD Card 55.38MB used of 28.56GB

Then with phone connected to PC I created a new folder on the phone called My Music then in My Music created MP3, then I went into my PC's music folder copied a folder called The Police and pasted that folder in the phone under MotoG3 > SD Card > Music > My Music > MP3

Then disconnected phone from PC and using Google Play on phone searched for a music player app called Power Amp free, (14 day free trial) selected Install and it is now on my phone playing music from the The Police mp3 files. So next I will try copy pasting iTunes folders with m4a music files to phone. All appears to be working ok so far and I do believe formatting the SD card as Internal Storage works and is the way to go. I went into the phone Settings and Apps and tapped on Power Amp to see if it had downloaded to the phone into Internal Storage or SD Card, and it's on the card so I didn't have to move it to the card from Internal. So yes when selecting Internal format for the SD card the new installs will go to the card.

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OH, by the way, where you say a sd card formatted as Adopted Storage I said Internal Storage in my previous post, which means the same. Internal Storage = Adopted Storage although on the phone the Format Option just says either Portable or Internal
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjc123:
If you copied the mp3 file to what is listed as SDCARD on your phone as viewed from your pc, that refers to the internal phone memory, not the external SD card. You will discover this as you add more songs and watch your phones internal storage shrink. Now the music app is another story and could have been installed to the external SD card. If that was your intent then great, but that is useless for me, and is why I switched to portable storage yesterday, so I could store my music on the SD card and conserve my phones main memory. I have plenty of space for apps, so I could care less about adaptive internal storage.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom_eastcoast:
here's my folder structure for the phone , motog3 > sd card > music > my music > mp3 > the police (the police folder has the mp3 music files)

both music files and music player app is on the card, which was formatted as Internal, I can see that folder structure on my PC when I plug phone into PC and can copy paste into and out of those folders on the phone, which shows as having 55.38MB used of 28.56GB

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you can copy paste files to and from the phone when card is formatted internal

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Just install a 32GB card in your phone and then format it as Internal and never remove it, that's what I did and never going to remove the card, and when you need to add music files from your PC to the phone, just plug the phone into PC and copy paste music files to the folders under Music > My Music. the Power Amp music app can read them there.

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I just created a new folder on the phone under Music > My Music > iTunes and then copy pasted a music folder on my PC containing .m4a file formats and its now on the phone and playing thru Power Amp
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjc123:
I still can't believe that Windows can see an encrypted ext3/4 partition One possibility is that there is a link from the Music directory in internal storage to the encrypted SD card. Keep an eye on Settings > Storage as you add Music files and if the SD keeps getting used up then it is working. If internal storage fills up it is not working. Be aware that other space is being used in SD card by various other app files.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom_eastcoast:
I still can't believe that Windows can see an encrypted ext3/4 partition

Have you tried allowing the Developers options menu on your phone in Settings? with that option and the sd card formatted as Internal, your PC can see it. It's the way to go. I was originally thinking to make my sd card like everyone else, Portable cause I know how those work, but this new Marshmallow Internal Storage system is the way to go. The only down side if there is one is that the sd card is locked to only that phone.

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If you or anyone else is going to do this, get the 32GB sd card, because going smaller is not much help.

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oh, I just remembered that when I formatted the sd card as Internal, after formatting was done I got a message saying that the card was slow, I used a Lexar 32GB microSDHC class 10, I think a 633x UHS-1 card would have been better but it was more expensive.

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I just checked my phone, with the music app on it and those mp3 and m4a files, and I am comparing Internal storage numbers from yesterday before I did the card install, and Internal storage numbers are the same, so the app and music files are for sure on the card.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjc123:
I imagine you mean with usb debugging enabled.. I have developer options enabled but can't say I remember trying it with USB debugging enabled, so that might be the key. Like I said keep an eye where your space is being used up.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom_eastcoast:
Actually, in looking at this in detail, yesterday before I did the card install, phone Internal storage was 2.13 GB used of 4.52 GB total.

As of now after the card install and music app and files on the phone, Internal storage is 2.12 GB used of 4.53 GB total.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjc123:
That's good news. Do you have the capability to do a TWRP backup? That was my other problem. My PC could not see the backup files. Would like to know if USB debugging would make them appear.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom_eastcoast:
So space wise, everything I did today is going on the card and not in internal storage.

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I don't know what TWRP means, I am just a newbie guy and know nothing what-so-ever

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Yes, the key is in Developers options USB Debugging must be turned ON, also turn ON Verify apps over USB
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acejavelin:
It doesn't, it doesn't see ANY partitions of any filesystem type, well, not directly, on an Android device since before KitKat, and even then it was via USB Mass Storage mode, which really wasn't "direct" partition access. Android devices are seen as media device that use MPT (Media Transfer Protocol) since then. If you want to understand how these transfers work, look here: http://www.howtogeek.com/192732/android-usb-connections-explained-mtp-ptp-and-usb-mass-storage/
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom_eastcoast:
ok help me out here because I don't really understand what pjc123 is trying to do? Is he trying to see the sd card from the PC to copy paste files to on the phone?
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjc123:
I am glad you got it working, but I am good to go. I decided to stick with portable storage. It works out much better for me. First of all I don't want my apps on the rmuch slower SD card, which according to the test results I see is even much slower than that when you add encryption. Secondly I am going to be storing many gigs of songs and a couple of TWRP backups at 4GB each, so portable storage is perfect for that. That gives me more space left on the phones internal memory than I would ever need.

Here are the speed results of my phone using portable storage, so this is without the added ding of encryption, so basically the SD card is 1/2 the speed of the phones internal memory.. I have a Sandisk 32GG extreme card, so it is no slouch, although you could pay a lot more for the next level up.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom_eastcoast:
Here is my speed results using the sd card formatted as internal storage, can you interpret these numbers for me please pjc.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjc123:
I can't vouch for the credibility of the app, but certainly that tells me by selecting internal storage you have degraded the phones internal memory speed from 109.53 MB/s read / 43.33 MB/s write to 20.62 MB/s read / 6.66 MB/s write. That is horrific and worse than I thought. I can't speak for the SD card because they could be different manufacturers or model numbers.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom_eastcoast:
The sd card package only says 32GB microSDHC Class 10, I can't find any speed reading on it but when I did the format the phone did message the card was slow
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjc123:
I wouldn't worry about the slow speed warning. Apparently everyone is getting it, including myself. My card is a Sandisk Extreme. I would like to see the difference of my card set up as internal storage, but I am not going to switch back and reinstall everything. That would be the only way to truly compare. But your extremely slow internal speeds are very telling. Hey, if you don't notice any lag in your applications then who cares; at least you have more space. To me the Moto G is much slower than my old Nexus 4 to start with, so I want every bit of speed improvement possible.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vicky18189:
I am getting the Error "Unsupported Samsung SD Card - This device doesn't support this Samsung SD card. Touch to set up in a supported format."

'Error After restarting'

When I try to set up as Portable Storage, it just show "Samsung SD Card is Ready" but in the Storage and USB settings it doesn't mount.

(Also I did a factory reset of the mobile too.)

When I try to set up as Internal Storage. It give another error : " command '18 volume partition disk:179,64 private' failed with '400 18 Command failed' " (Here, I noticed one thing that the # '18' increments each time at both places, which might mean how many times I tried formatting, I guess)

'Error when trying to format as Internal Storage'

Can anyone please help on this as I have 2 SD Cards in the Same Condition : The above one is Samsung EVO+ 32 GB and another is Samsung EVO 16 Gb. :(

Have not tried using i on PC as I have read here in one other post that it could brick the cards too. :crying:

(Moto G3 16 GB : No custom ROM. Running on Stock android,no customization)

Also please let me know, if I have to post this in another thread or create a new thread for it. Thanks in Advance
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twisterdroid:
I would suggest trying to format using your PC. Or GParted if you want total control of the formatting/partitioning process.

Unless the microSD card itself is flaky, there's no way formatting on a PC could brick the card.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vicky18189:
Ok, I will try that and will post what happens. Thanks :)
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s0umzta:
REformat SD CARD

So I'm on Android Marshmallow on Motorola Moto G3(2015) and have formatted my SD card as internal storage. Its not working after a month now for some unknown reasons and showing "unsupported sandisk sd card (32gb HC1). i do not care about the data. i want my SD card to be normal as like when i bought it. how to do so ?

The mobile is not able to recognize it or reformat it as internal storage/portable storage .

NOTE: my problem is the same as [MENTION=5907096]vicky18189[/MENTION] posted
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vicky18189:
I tried formatting, deleting, wiping partition and volume etc using computer in both Windows and Linux but still no luck. One 32 GB card at least shows space of 17 MB android meta and 29 GB Android extended in Disk utility in Ubuntu. (Tried gparted also will update post with details soon)

In Windows it shows " online : no meda " in DISKPART for list disks command. And gives error every time while doing anything with it.

Will update the post with details as soon as I can.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Ok just follow the steps...

1.Sd card connect pc using card reader

2.now go to my ccomputer and right click,then click manage option

3.in manage menu choose disk management

4.now find your sd card.it will be 2 partitions. Delete the partitions or format and renamed the partition.

Thats it.

Now go to my computer sd card will be worked perfectly.This is the one and only solution, and your all data will be lost.

Note: in marshmallow sd card used as a internal storage or portable storage. if you choose internal storage then sd card have making tow partitions automatically. And sd card not able to copy format in pc.so dont used it as a internal storage.

I am a technician and moto lover,nowdays i used moto g3 Turbo edition indian version running marshmallow 6.0.1.

Cm 13 have lots of bugs
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] potdarsagar:
Even I faced same issue on a sudden... For sanddisk 32gb card. Will be getting it replaced soon.. Tried all options to recover it. Please someone help me how to report this???
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vicky18189:
I tried this option also, it shows 2 partition too. but unable to delete. IT shows Error.

" The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error."

Thanks anyways and please let me know if there is any other way to format the micro sd card.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j33p3rz:
So how can I fix this I chose SD as internal?Can I just reflash or do I need a new SD card?Thanks for any help.

Never mind I should never ask questions while drinking lol stupid is as stupid does ;)
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] potdarsagar:
Get sdcard replaced.. Use it as portable media... There is some issue with using it as internal storage.. We need to report it to sanddisk and get card which will support this feature.. Any suggestions??
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twisterdroid:
Sorry to hear that you're still having problems.

From that error message, it appears that the microSD card might be bad. I would suggest trying a different/new microSD card.

I've been using 64GB Samsung Pro microSD cards recently and they've worked fine in my Moto G.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twistergear:
Moto G3 supports up to 32GB microSD cards right?
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acejavelin:
No... 64, 128, and 200 GB cards all work as well as long as they are formatted as FAT32. I have had a 64 GB card in mine since September and never had a problem.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ninaismail:
SAME PROBLEM. i just need all my photos back

I have the same problem. The phone suddenly could not detect my SD card. I noticed this happens a few hours after updating my phone to 6.0.1. Even my laptop could not read the SD card. After resetting my phone (MotoG3), i tried to reinsert my SD card and it says that "this device doesn't support the SD card". It says that i need to reformat my SD card if i want to make it internal storage. What should i do? I need all of my photos T.T :crying:
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twistergear:
Since I Upgraded to Marshmallow 6.0.1 my phone keeps on renaming my (32GB Transcend) SDCard into weird characters,

like this "pM-0^OM-?M-qM-^]M-*M-S^PSQ". Anybody knows why? Thanks!
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] potdarsagar:
Nothing can be done.. Get it card replaced and use it in portable mode. Sdcard as internal storage (marshmallow feature) is not working and buggy.. Also pls report it to Google and sanddisk and ur card maker...

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Report to Google and card maker.. Those cards are not designed to work as internal storage it seems
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clems92:
I got same problem since I Updated on Android 6 and used Micro SD in system storage.

My card is MicroSDHC SanDisk Ultra 16 Go Class 10.

Phone is full stock, up to date, and doesnt work...

Any news about this matter ?
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] potdarsagar:
No news sir.. We need to report this to Android or sanddisk ...
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qtbchin:
Has anyone with a rooted device tried using fsck to see if that helps? I use the SD card as internal storage and it just stopped being recognized, but I don't have root to try.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ardany Jolón:
What is fsck? and the problem you have is that the card is damaged?
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawndak:
Two people in my family have this phone and are having adaptable storage (internal sd card) issues. After a reboot all the apps that were on the sd card would be gone. Sometimes they'd show back up, most of time not. It would also say please insert sd card when it was in. The phones would become supper laggy and unresponsive. I contacted Motorola, they will take it in for repairs but I know nothing will be fixed since its most likely a software issue. I have a feeling the OS isn't giving enough time to read these cards upon startup. I have used 2 Sandisk Ultra 32 gb class 10 U1 and 2 Samsung Evo Class 10 U-1 cards with same results. I read in the comments of random forums that someone had luck with a 16gb class 8 card. Anyone confirm? I'm going to try a 16gb class 4 later today and ill let you know! I understand its slow but i feel like 20 read and 4 mb/s write is sufficient. Hope we can figure this out!
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qtbchin:
It's the linux version of the Check Disk utility used to check file system integrity. I can't post links here, but there is instructions on how to run it on rooted android; Thought it would be a good first step to troubleshoot this.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gravemind2015:
Anyways fsck throws can't read /etc/fstab not found error in terminal emulator.

I will try to connect and try it on my arch PC later.

Edit: I apologize, it was wrong directory. Anyone trying to attempt it, please have a look-

http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/38745/check-and-fix-sd-card-errors-within-android-itself

Broadcasted from Zeta Reticuli
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qtbchin:
I believe the sd card is encrypted, so I don't think using another device would help.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clems92:
This is bad...

I will come back and use as external card...
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elaRegula:
SD card problem

Hi.

I'm using my SD card Kingston SDC10/32GB as internal storage like a year ago, and some months ago it started suddenly switching off continuously .

In Settings -> Storage I found the SDCard not mounted, so I re-activated it being capable of accesing data and apps in the SD card again.

This happend practically everyday.

But two weeks ago in one of this activations , in Settings -> Storage showed me only some folders, and the same behaviour happend while connecting device with computer through MTP.

If I analyse disk space, it shows me equivalent space of my old files labeled as "Other", while they are Music, Pictures and Videos

I suppose i'll need to retire this SD card, but I was wondering if I can recover my files. The mobile is this MotoG3 .
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acejavelin:
Not if it was internal storage... it is encrypted and if the file system is corrupt there is virtually no chance of this being recoverable.

Unfortunately we are discovering that using an SD card as internal storage buts extreme stress on the device, and any weakness will be exasperated significantly and the life of the card is reduced due to very high amounts of writing data. "Bargain" or lower end cards like this Kingston do not seem to have the longevity for extended use as internal storage, which is why higher quality cards like Samsung EVO+ or Pro series, Sandisk Extreme Plus, Lexar Professional 633x, and similar high grade UHS-1 or UHS-3 cards are recommended for internal storage.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TP380Z:
I had a similar issue except the sd card only worked for data. My apps continued to be installed and updated to internal storage. When I tried freeing up internal storage space by uninstalling apps, my phone was no longer able to connect to my PC via USB to backup my photos.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niihelium:
Same damned issue.

Have brand new Kingston 34GB MicroSD HC Class 10 card. It unmounts occasionly both latest stock ROM and latest CM13 nightly. Both in Internal/External modes. Same problems was on old 4GB Class4 card. In External mode it bcame visible after reboot. In internal only after formatting.

Does anyone knows which TAGs stands for SD Card in LogCat?
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farfarbelove:
I have similar problem, at first i used samsung 32gb evo sd card (bought fresh new) after couple of weeks phone randomly started disconnecting it, and week later even windows couldn't detect it, so i bought new one, SanDisk 32gb, and same happened again, seems like my phone just bricks sd cards, i used them as external storage btw, what could be the problem?
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niihelium:
Update to problem.

If i try reformat SD as External - Process stucked on 20% and then i recieved Toast: "command '44 volume partition disk: 179_64 public' failed with '400 44 Command failed'"
[Mate 8 Themes and Apps] somboons:
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or

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[Mate 8 Themes and Apps] nighthawk626:
That folder doesn't exist for me, do I create it myself?
[Mate 8 Themes and Apps] ajsmsg78:
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[Mate 8 Themes and Apps] jbmc83:
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[Mate 8 Themes and Apps] mate8mate8:
is there a way to install this without being rooted?
[Mate 8 Themes and Apps] Aug2611:
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[Mate 8 Themes and Apps] mate8mate8:
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[Mate 8 Themes and Apps] rowihel2012:
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[Mate 8 Themes and Apps] somboons:
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